Thanks, Matt!
It is hard to know how to respond to this stuff, or even whether or not to respond at all!

Well, I took Wonka's advice and sent that exact text later last night.

He just responded. "Fine Night"

(As in "I'm FINE?" or "Fine..whatever..." who knows and who cares?)


So TODAY---I get this:

He sends an Instagram-edited pic of himself in his cycling clothes, guess he went for a ride this morning.
He hasn't sent me a pic of himself in years.

(Unless you count his private parts. That was nipped in the bud and no doubt annoyed him that I wouldn't play along. Come on... really?)

Anyhow, he looks awful in this one, about 100 years old, but I would never mention it. He probably knows, deep down.
Or maybe he really doesn't because he's seeing the world through his MLC goggles, and this is the same pic he's posting on his dating site!

I can only hope so. He's bound to catch a lot of quality ladies with that snapshot--NOT!!! smile

So then he sends: "Cold enough???? Forget last night 2 beers and Makers Mark (Bourbon)....bad cut and paste, etc. Off to graduation..."

(Yes, we will just pretend none of that ever happened. It was just the bourbon talking, and his elaborate texting style which entails lots of editing, cutting, pasting, and rewrites. On his little phone, of course. Riiiiiigggggghhhhhht. )

Then he sends: "Hey just let me know you're alive."


And I did--just said: "! was gathering firewood, cleaning up the damage from last night's storm, hope you have a great graduation ceremony, it's the one time of the year when you can really see the emotional rewards of your job and how much your work means to all those students who made it through..."

(Validate and move on. That's my motto. Stand back and let the other riders take a turn on the roller coaster. They make me sick, anyway.)


Him: "Thanks".

SSDD.



---(G)GGG


Me 54 Him 63
M 23 T 29
0 Kids
Funny Farm of Rescues
12/12 OW--
5/13 ILYBINILWY: A denied
9/13 Proof OW: ENDED
2/14 Got D papers on my BD
I kicked him out for my sanity
9/14 He wants to "talk"?